Directions: John Gerrard

November 5, 2009 to May 31, 2010

John Gerrard’s (Irish, b.

Black Box: Phoebe Greenberg

November 30, 2009 to April 11, 2010

Next Floor, 2008, creator and producer Phoebe Greenberg (b.

Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration

February 11, 2010 to April 11, 2010

 The Hirshhorn possesses one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of work by Josef Albers (American, b.

Colorforms

March 8, 2010 to January 2, 2011

ColorForms presents works from the Hirshhorn’s collection, dating from the post-war era to the present, that explore the ways in which color remains an essential tool for artists,...
The Burghers of Calais

Auguste Rodin

The Burghers of Calais

1884-1889, CAST 1953-1959

Wish Tree for Washington, DC

Yoko Ono

Wish Tree for Washington, DC

2007

Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore)

Mark di Suvero

Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore)

1967

Condensation Cube

Hans Haacke

Condensation Cube

1963-2008

Meet the Artist: Phoebe Greenberg

February 25, 2010

Part nightmare, part morality tale, Next Floor, 2008, by Phoebe Greenberg provides a metaphor for society’s excessive consumption.

Meet the Artist: John Gerrard

March 18, 2010

John Gerrard’s works hover between fact and fiction.

CANCELLED Lecture: Nicolas Fox Weber on Josef Albers and Joseph Hirshhorn

February 11, 2010

This lecture will be rescheduled for a later date.  On the opening night of Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration, Nicolas Fox Weber, Executive Director of the Josef and...

Lecture: Valerie Fletcher on Maximum Effect from Minimum Means: Joseph Albers

April 2010

When Josef Albers came to the United States from Germany in 1933, he brought art and ideas grounded in utopian idealism and pure abstraction that he explored and shared through his career...

In Conversation: Richard Koshalek and Ivan Chermayeff on Josef Albers

March 11, 2010

Ivan Chermayeff, a noted designer, illustrator, and artist, and founding partner of the graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar, discusses Josef Albers’ influence on his own ar...
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